These are a few of the stories you will find in this week's printed newspaper:

Lucky dog: After eight harrowing days lost in the Plumas National Forest, a missing Shetland sheepdog was found. He was hungry, tired, cold, scratched, limping on bloody paws and missing some fur. But his tail was wagging.

On trial: The trial for a Quincy man accused of inflicting fatal injuries on a toddler in 2013 is scheduled to begin March 12.

Moving on: Just days after Plumas District Hospital announced that it couldn’t take over Quincy Nursing & Rehabilitation, several residents of the facility have found new homes.

Train ride down the Canyon delights 450 locals

The Feather River Express, a special passenger train celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first passenger train on the Western Pacific route, carried 660 people coming and going through the Feather River Canyon during the Railroad Days celebration Aug. 20-22. Round-trip ticket holders came from all over the U.S., and all over the world, really. A special arrangement that included a bus ride back to Plumas County or down to Sacramento, as the case might be, allowed 450 locals passionate about trains, the beauty of the Feather River or both the chance to ride where usually only freight trains go.

Since the Union Pacific route has been a designated freight-only route since 1970, only a few passenger trains have traversed the Canyon in recent history. Those few were each of them historic in one way or another.

The Domes to Railroad Days excursion had historical significance, along with the unique overnight stay during Railroad Days and a PBS film crew from "Tracks Ahead" commemorating the event.

All along the way, people lined the route to wave as the 14-car train passed by, its white flags flying to designate its statusas a special charter train. They took pictures and the people on the train took pictures back.

There were three locomotives: two Amtrak engines and a Western Pacific 2001 locomotive belonging to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum of Portola in the lead.

The WP engine detached at Oroville and engineer Steve Habeck brought it back to Portola.